National Labor Relations Board v. Waterfront Employees of Washington

The National Labor Relations Board petitions for enforcement of an order issued by it against Waterfront Employers of Washington (herein “WEW”), Local 19, International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (herein “Local”), and International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (herein “ILWU”), with which Local is affiliated. The Board’s Decision and Order embodies all of the facts of this case, and is set forth in 98 N.L.R.B. 284 . The Board’s supplemental Decisions and Orders in the case may be found in 101 N.L.R.B. 195 and 101 N.L.R.B. 770 . In this opinion we advert to only such facts as we deem necessary to point up the issues for decision here.

The unfair labor practices found by the Board involved the execution by the parties of two hiring agreements and the operation of a Seattle hiring hall for longshoremen and dock workers pursuant to those agreements. The first of these two agreements, the “Pacific Coast Long-shore Agreement” (herein the “Coast Agreement”) was negotiated by ILWU and the Waterfront Employers Association of the Pacific Coast (now succeeded by the Pacific Maritime Association, herein “PMA”) late in 1948. The Coast Agreement named PMA and other…